Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will step down on June 24 to contest the presidential election, television channels reported on Friday, clearing the way for a cabinet shakeup at a time when the gove

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, recovering from a brief illness, attended a session of the Swiss parliament on Friday hours before she was due to fly to Oslo to finally collect her 1991 No

French Open champion Rafael Nadal made a successful transition from clay to grass with a 7-5 6-1 win over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko 7-5 6-1 to join his great rival Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of

A man who heckled Bristol Palin in a Los Angeles bar and insulted her conservative politician mother, Sarah Palin, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the single mom of defamation.

The mother of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik described how her ‘kind and caring’ son transformed into an out-of-control obsessive who wore a face mask and talked of a war against Musli

The Syrian town of Haffeh was smoldering and nearly deserted on Thursday after days of clashes between government forces and rebels, while activists reported more army assaults on pro-opposition areas

Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar defended India on Thursday, saying its expected growth rates and projects to boost internal trade and development do not warrant a junk status credit ratin

Egypt's supreme court ruled on Thursday to dissolve the Islamist-led parliament, plunging a troubled transition to democracy into turmoil just two days before an election to replace ousted leader Hosn

A tax tribunal in India has ordered top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel to pay more than Rs 7 billion for unpaid customs duty, the Hindu Business Line reported on Friday.

A Bharti spokesman told R

Authorities in the world's major economies are preparing for a possible market storm or public panic after cliffhanger Greek elections this weekend, officials said on Thursday, should radical leftists